The price of the Green Dot is equal to the expense of managing the packaging waste. Because managing an aluminium package at the same weight is more expensive than managing a cardboard, plastic, or steel package.

These are the current rates, which have been modified to accommodate a population whose recycling habits are rising daily and which have been estimated to cover the additional cost of selective collection of packaging waste.

The rates used in this modality are established based on the tons of packaging sold in the previous year's market.